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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2009
Applicants:

Rajiv Asati, Morrisville, NC (US);

David Delano Ward, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Russell I. White, Holly Springs, NC (US);

Keyur P. Patel, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Rajiv Asati, Morrisville, NC (US);

David Delano Ward, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Russell I. White, Holly Springs, NC (US);

Keyur P. Patel, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In an embodiment, a method is provided at which it is used in a device. In this method, a logical identifier assigned to the device is identified and additionally, a mesh group identifier identifying a mesh group is identified. The logical identifier and the mesh group identifier are encoded in a routing message, which is used in an inter-domain routing protocol, and this routing message is transmitted to a reflector device in communication with the device. The reflector device is configured to transmit the routing message to a remote device included in the computer network.


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